International Journal of Trend in Scientific
Research and Development (IJTSRD)
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Customer Satisfaction towards Banking Services - A Study with
Special Reference tto Private Sector Banks in
n Erode District
Ms. D. Sivakami
M.Phil Research Scholar [Commerce],
K.S.Rangasamy College of Arts and Science
(Autonomous), Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
ABSTRACT
Banks are part of the world of financial institutions,
standing along investment banks, insurance companies,
finance companies, investment managers and other
companies that profit from the creation and flow of
money. In current scenario the banking sector is an
important financial institution. This study is much more
helpful to banking industry for extent of their customer
satisfaction by following various strategies which
satisfying the need of the customers.
The respondents taken for this study is 220 aand to
measure the level of satisfaction garrets ranking tool
has been used. This research has been conducted in
order to critically evaluate and examine the customer
satisfaction towards private sector banking service.
This study leads to perform better in future.
Keywords: Bank, Customer, Customer Satisfaction,
Private Sector Banks, Loans & Advance, AT
ATM
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY
Accounting for trillion in assets worldwide, the banking
system is a crucial component of the global economy.
While money-changing and money-lendinglending may be as
old as money, banking dates back to 15th century
medieval Italy and played a major role in the rise of the
Italian city-states
states as world economic powers. Ever
since, the health of an economy and the health of its
banks
anks have been interrelated; the global credit crisis
precipitated by the collapse of the subprime
subprime-fueled U.S.
housing bubble is only the most recent example.
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Dr. K. Vishvanathan
Associate Professor, Head and Department of
Commerce, K.S.Rangasamy College of Arts and
Science (Autonomous), Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu
Banks are part of the world of financial institutions,
standing along investment banks, insurance
insuranc companies,
finance companies, investment managers and other
companies that profit from the creation and flow of
money. As financial mediators, banks stand between
depositors who supply capital and borrowers who
demand capital. Given how much commerce and
individual wealth rests on healthy banks, banks are also
among the most heavily regulated businesses in the
world.
Meaning of Bank:
The term bank has originated from the term ‘Banchi’.
In olden days, the traders of Italy who performed the
job of exchanging
ng money were known as Banchi or
Bancheri because the table which they used for making
payment was called as Banchi.
According to some people, the term bank is derived
from the Greek word ‘Banque.’
A bank deals in money in the same way as a
businessman deals ls in goods. Banks are business
enterprises which deal in money, financial instruments
and provide financial services for a price called interest,
discount, commission etc.
Definitions of bank:
“Banking is the business of accepting for the purpose of
lending or investment, of deposits of money from the
public repayable on demand or otherwise and
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withdraw-able by cheque, draft, and order or
otherwise” - Indian Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
Banking Worldwide
Our history dates back to 1832 - the year when The
Bank of Nova Scotia was founded. For the duration of
the 19th century, and throughout the next, bank
branches expanded across Canada, into the U.S. and
overseas. In addition to its growing retail services, The
Bank of Nova Scotia began providing corporate
banking services from its New York offices in the early
80's. By 1983, in response to increasing client demand,
corporate banking services were offered in other U.S.
cities and Canada.
In 1988, The Bank of Nova Scotia acquired McLeod
Young Weir (later renamed Scotia McLeod Inc.) - a
leading Toronto brokerage firm, founded in 1921. In
November 1995, the wholesale arm of Scotia McLeod
was formally integrated with the capital markets
businesses of The Bank of Nova Scotia under the
marketing banner Scotia Capital Markets.
Complementing its combined capabilities, The Bank of
Nova Scotia successfully acquired the long-standing
leading dealer in bullion, The Mocatta Group, formed
what is now known as ScotiaMocatta - the precious and
base metals businesses of The Bank of Nova Scotia.
On November 1st, 1999, The Bank of Nova Scotia's
Corporate Banking business and Scotia Capital Markets
were integrated to form Scotia Capital - a marketing
banner for the wholesale division of the bank and some
of its subsidiaries.
In January 2012, to better reflect the growing
international reach of the Corporate and Investment
Banking and Capital Markets businesses, and to better
align with the Bank’s other business lines, the Scotia
Capital brand name was discontinued, and the
wholesale businesses are now branded as the Global
Banking and Markets division of Scotia bank.
Indian Banking System
A healthy economy is achievable with a sound and
effective banking system in India. The banking system
of India should not only be hassle free but it should be
able to meet new challenges posed by the technology
and any other external and internal factors.
For the past three decades India’s banking system has
several outstanding achievements to its credit. The most
striking is its extensive reach; it is no longer confined to
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only metropolitans or cosmopolitans in India. In fact,
Indian banking system has reached even the remote
comers of the country. This is one of the main reasons
of India’s growth process.
The government’s regular policy for Indian bank since
1969 has paid rich dividends with the nationalization of
14 major private banks of India. Not long ago, an
account holder had to wait for hours at the bank
counters for getting a draft or for withdrawing his own
money. Today, he has a choice, Gone are days when
the most efficient bank transferred money from one
branch to other in two days. Now it is simple as instant
messaging or dials a pizza. Money has become the
order of the day.
The first bank in India, though conservative, was
established in 1786. From 1786 till today, the journey
of Indian Banking System can be segregated into three
distinct phases.
NEW PRIVATE-SECTOR BANKS
The banks, which came in operation after 1991, with
the introduction of economic reforms and financial
sector reforms are called "new private-sector
banks". Banking regulation act was then amended in
1993, which permitted the entry of new private-sector
banks in the Indian banking s sector. However, there
were certain criteria set for the establishment of the
new private-sector banks, some of those criteria being.
The bank should have a minimum net worth of Rs.
200crores.The promoters holding should be a minimum
of 25% of the paid-up capital. Reliance Capital, India
Post, Larsen & Toubro, Shriram Transport Finance are
companies pending in banking license with the RBI
under the new policy, while IDFC & Bandhan were
given a go ahead to start banking services from 2015.
Within 3 years of the starting of the operations, the
bank should offer shares to public and their net worth
must increased to 300crores.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Customer satisfaction is defined as the number of
customers whose reported experience with its services
(ratings) exceeds precise satisfaction goals. In an
aggressive market place where businesses compete for
customers, customer satisfaction is seen as a key
differentiator and increasingly has become a key aspect
of business strategy. At present gaining high levels of
customer satisfaction is very important to a service
provider institution like banking sectors.
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OBJECTIVE
 To find out the level of satisfaction of customers
towards the banking service offered by bank.
 To find out the satisfaction level about the
technology available in the bank.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Today bank plays essential role for the customer
services. Banking sector is an important ingredient of
the country’s economic liberalization; it has become
urgent and pertinent for the banking industries in India
to prepare itself to stand competition from the giant
foreign banks. In order to retain and gain the existing
Nowadays customers are more dynamic in their
thinking. Their taste, needs and preferences keep
changing as per the present situations. Therefore
customer satisfaction is an important factor for
capturing the market and also for retaining the existing
ones. With this as the backdrop, the present study
analyzes the level of satisfaction of the customers
towards banking service and factors that influence the
customers
Below questions contains a general problem written in
the form of statement followed by the specific
questions:
 How does the demographic profile influence the
customer satisfaction and banking service?
 What is the relationship among customer perception
and bankers attitude?
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This is an analytical study based mainly on the primary
data collected through scientifically developed
questionnaire method. The questionnaire was
personally administered on a sample size of 220,
chosen on a simple random basis among four private
sector bank customers in the city of Erode. The sample
size of 220 is divided equally from five private sector
banks. Thirty customers represent each bank. ICICI
bank, Karurvysa bank, Lakshmivilas bank and HDFC
bank represent the private sector banks. In order to
study the customers satisfaction towards the services
provided by private banks, a pre tested questionnaire
was administrated and their opinion regarding various
attributes contributing satisfaction to customers were
collected.
In order to measure the level of satisfaction 3
statements were administered to the respondents. The
statements were so designed to assess their satisfaction
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on various aspects, namely Accessibility, Sufficient
space, Grievance redresses, Opening an account,
withdrawal, depositing money, convenient working
hours, Modern Banking Services, Availability /
Working of ATMs, Speed of Processing and
distribution of loans, Collection charges for cheque /
Overdraft Draft, Interest rate.
Population: Private Banks in Erode city.
Sample: Sample covers the respondents of 4 private
banks alone.
Sample Size: The sample size of 220 respondents.
DATA COLLECTION METHOD
Questionnaire
The primary data has been collected through a well-
structured questionnaire.
In our study the main emphasis was on the
questionnaire method. Question, which was asked,
were of multiple choices in nature and were of, closed
end.
Personal Interview
Personal interview were also conducted. There was face
to face conversation between researcher and the
respondents. All the answers were recorded while
interview was in progress. Through interviewing,
additional information was received regarding our
study.
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
 Banks are selected only from erode district.
 The survey was carried through questionnaire and
the questions were based on banking service.
 Some of the respondents of the survey were
unwilling to share information’s like income.
 Private sector banks only selected.
REVIEW OF LITRATURE
Mesay Sata Shanka (2012) in his article “Bank
Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in
Ethiopian Banking Sector”. He measures the service
quality offered by private banks in Ethiopian. The
relationship between the service quality and customer
satisfaction and loyalty.
The research finding indicates offering high quality
service increase customer satisfaction, which leads to
high level of customer commitment and loyalty.
Although this research provides some significant
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insights into service quality in Ethiopian banking
industry.
R.Arumugarajan (2016) in his article “A Comparative
Study on the Customers’ Satisfaction in Select Private
Sector and Public Sector Banks in Tirunelveli District”.
Studied due to privatization, many of the private party
also enter in to banking sector. Thus, the customers
have different kinds of banks. So the satisfaction level
of customers has very vital role among the banks.
Hence he concludes that private and foreign sector
banks are quite successful in providing their customers
with what they want, when they want and where they
want. But public sector banks are still lagging behind
their counterparts in these aspects.
Aseem Mathur (2014) in his article “Customer’s
Trends towards Public and Private Sector Banks”. Now
'Anywhere Banking' and 'Anytime Banking' has turn
into a reality. Banking activities have increased
enormously with a clear change in way of life and
techniques especially in the field of lending, from
wholesale to retail character. Now, customer is the
input component of banking industry. Banking Industry
can neither function without customers nor is just
acquiring a definite number of customers adequate for
their business. Finally he conclude that 10 most
important factors influencing the selection of a bank
they are safety of funds, secured ATMs, ATMs
availability, reputation of the bank etc., On the other
hand, “Advertisements” was not ranked important.
Banks do not need to spend much amount on the part of
advertisements.
Dwayne D.Gremler and Stephen W. Brown (1996)
in their article “Service Loyalty: Its Nature,
Importance, and Implications”. Service organizations
are frequently looking for ways to boost customer
loyalty. He examines service loyalty and factors
affecting its development. Satisfaction, switching costs,
and interpersonal bonds are proposed as model of
service loyalty. The “bonding” that frequently occurs in
customer-service provider employee relationships are
conceptualized as the construct interpersonal bonds.
Dr Manasa Nagabhushanam in his study “A Study on
Customer Service Quality of Bank in India”. In her
research banking industry facing certain challenges
(i.e.) challenges of quality service, customer
satisfaction, customer retention, customer loyalty,
quality service plays a major role in achieving customer
satisfaction. Each bank is having their way of services.
Service is intangible in nature which could not be
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compared due to this differentiation. At last she
concludes that banking sector today has a compelling
demand for improvement to sustain their customer. It is
advisable that the public sector bank associate with
technology and good infrastructure. Foreign bank try to
concentrate on net worth individuals.
Ramya T J (2016) in her study “A Study on Customer
Satisfaction towards Private Banks with special
reference to Mysuru City” The banking industry has an
incredible growth in Indian market. The doorway of
new technology has made lot of changes in Indian
banking sector. Newly the Indian economy has seen the
emergency of many banks in the private sector. The
growth of private bank is not possible without
achieving customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction
is a present-day come within reach of to survive in the
market .Gauging of customer satisfaction is currently
very central to gain self-assurance to build the market.
The study indicates service and employee commitment
is very important for customer satisfaction.
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
GATTER’S RANKING
Garrets Ranking Technique has been used to
investigate the facilities provided by the bank the
respondents. Garrett’s ranking technique was used to
rank the preference indicated by the respondents on
different factors. As per this method, respondents have
been asked to assign the rank for all factors and the
outcomes of such ranking have been converted into
score value with the help of the following formula:
100(Rij-0.5)
Percentage position = ------------------
Nj
Where Rij = Rank given for
i th variable by the jth respondent.
Nj= Number of variables ranked by the
OPINION OF THE RESPONDENTS ABOUT
BANKING FACILITIES
The respondents were asked to rank the six facilities
that identified for the purpose of this study as 1, 2, 3,
4,5and, 6 in order to know their preferences. The
calculated percentage positions for the ranks 1, 2,3,4,5,
and, 6 and their corresponding Garrett’s table values.
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Percentage position and their corresponding For Rank 1, the calculated percentage position is 8.33
Garrett’s table values the table value is 77. This value is given in the Garrets
ranking table for the percentage of 8.33. For Rank 2,
Rank Percentage Percentage Garrett’s the calculated percentage position is 25 the table value
Position table value is 48. This value is given in the Garrets ranking table
1 100(1-0.5)6 8.33 77 for the percentage of 25.48, which is very near to 25.
For Rank 3, the calculated percentage position is 41.97
2 100(2-0.5)6 25 63
the table value is 54. This value is given in the Garrets
3 100(3-0.5)6 41.67 54 ranking table for the percentage of 41.67. For Rank 4,
4 100(4-0.5)6 58.33 46 the calculated percentage position is 58.33 the table
value is 46. This value is given in the Garrets ranking
5 100(5-0.5)6 75 37 table for the percentage of 58.03, which is very near to
6 100(6-0.5)6 91.67 23 58.33. For Rank 5, the calculated percentage position is
75 the table value is 37. This value is given in the
Garrets ranking table for the percentage of 74.52, which
From the above table it shows that the percentage is very near to 75. For Rank 6, the calculated
positions for the ranks 1, 2,3,4,5, and 6 and their percentage position is 91.67 the table value is 23. This
corresponding Garrets table values. value is given in the Garrets ranking table for the
percentage of 91

TABLE-I
OPINION OF THE RESPONDENTS ABOUT BANKING FACILITIES
S. No. Service Rank Total no. of Total Mean Rank
respondents score score
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Loans & 22 34 45 51 33 35 220 10876 49.44 VI
advance
2 Credit card 44 33 44 43 44 12 220 11956 54.35 II
3 Debit card 36 10 55 65 43 11 220 11276 51.25 IV
4 Internet banking 10 73 50 21 44 22 220 11680 53.09 III
5 Mobile banking 62 46 12 32 35 33 220 12168 55.31 I
6 NEFT 52 22 39 28 32 47 220 11203 50.92 V
Source: Primary Data

From the above table it shows that the number of banking facilities which satisfy to the respondents are
respondents ranking the banking facilities as 1, 2,3,4,5 in this order namely Mobile banking, Credit card,
and 6. This table also shows the total score and the Internet banking, Debit card, NEFT and Loans &
mean score. advance.

For factor banking facility the total score is calculated
by multiplying the number of respondents ranking that
factor as 1, 2,3,4,5 and 6 by their respective table
values given in Table I. Mean score is calculated by
dividing the total score by the number of respondents. It
is seen from Table II that according to the Garrett
ranking, the mean score of 49.44, 54.35, 51.25, 53.09,
55.31 and 50.92 is allotted to loans and advances,
Credit Card, debit card, internet banking, mobile
banking and NEFT respectively. To conclude, the
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OPINION OF THE RESPONDENTS ABOUT
AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES DURING
DEMONETIZATION
The respondents were asked to rank the six factors
identified for the purpose of this study as 1, 2,3,4,5 and
6 in order to know their opinion about availability of
services during demonetization. The calculated
percentage positions for the ranks 1,2,3,4 and 5 their
corresponding Garrett’s table values are given in
following table.
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Percentage position and their corresponding For Rank 1, the calculated percentage position is 10 the
garret’s table values table value is 75. This value is given in the Garrets
ranking table for the percentage 10.16, which is very
Rank Percentage Percentage Garrett’s near to 10. For Rank 2, the calculated percentage
Position table value position is 30 the table value is 61. This value is given
1 100(1-0.5)/5 10 75 in the Garrets ranking table for the percentage 28.86,
which is very near to 30. For Rank 3, the calculated
2 100(2-0.5)/5 30 61 percentage position is 50 the table value is 50. This
value is given in the Garrets ranking table for the
3 100(3-0.5)/5 50 50
percentage 50. For Rank 4, the calculated percentage
4 100(4-0.5)/5 70 40 position is 70 the table value is 40. This value is given
in the Garrets ranking table for the percentage 69.39,
5 100(5-0.5)/5 90 25 which is very near to 70. For Rank 5, the calculated
percentage position is 90 the table value is 25. This
The above table shows the percentage positions for the value is given in the Garrets ranking table for the
ranks1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and their corresponding Garrets percentage 89.94, which is very near to 90.
table values.

TABLE-II
OPINION OF THE RESPONDENTS ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES DURING
DEMONETIZATION
S.No. Availability of Rank Total no. of Total Mean Rank
Service 1 2 3 4 5 respondents score score

1 Refilling ATM 74 37 36 36 37 220 11972 54.42 I

2 Availability of 18 20 80 68 34 220 10140 46.09 V
cash in bank
3 Working time 35 40 61 45 39 220 10890 49.50 IV

4 Time duration 60 60 24 25 51 220 11635 52.89 II

for transaction
5 Electronic 47 60 13 40 60 220 10935 49.71 III
transfers
Source: Primary Data

Table II shows the number of respondents ranking the Refilling ATM, Availability of cash in bank, working
factors banking facilities as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. This table time, time duration for transaction and Electronic
also shows the total score and the mean score. transfers respectively.

For factor service provided by bank the total score is CONCLUSON

calculated by multiplying the number of respondents
ranking that factor as 1,2,3,4 and 5 by their respective
table values given in Table II. Mean score is calculated
by dividing the total score by the number of
respondents. It is seen from Table II that according to
the Garrett ranking, the factors which induces the
respondents to show availability of service are in this
order namely Refilling ATM, Availability of cash in
bank, Working time, Time duration for transaction,
Electronic transfers. It is seen from Table II that
according to the Garrett ranking, the mean score of
54.42, 46.09, 49.50, 52.89 and 49.71 is allotted to
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In a country like India, there is demand for providing
better service to their customer. Banks must be able to
satisfy their customer by their service in order to retain
the customers from vary area. The present study shows
that customers are more enthusiastic to join new
technologies or methods that might contain little risk.
Banks should ensure that the modern banking service is
safe and secure for financial transaction compare with
traditional banking. So, it is concluded that overall
service provided by the bank satisfies the customers.
And it helps to retain their customers.
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